A Political History of the World
three thousand years of war and peace
$23.41
- Paperback
656 pages
- Release Date
2 December 2019
Summary
A World at War: Three Millennia of Conflict and the Elusive Dream of Peace
A sweeping three-thousand year history of the world, examining the relentless causes of war and humanity’s enduring search for peace.
For millennia, conflict has been a constant: China embroiled in war for over eleven centuries, the Roman Empire perpetually battling, and the United States at war for over a hundred years since its inception. Despite this, the dream of peace remains a universal aspirati…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241395561 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241395569 |
| Series: | Pelican Books |
| Author: | Jonathan Holslag |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Pelican |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 656 |
| Release Date: | 2 December 2019 |
| Weight: | 351g |
| Dimensions: | 181mm x 112mm x 28mm |
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About The Author
Jonathan Holslag
Jonathan Holslag teaches international politics at the Free University Brussels. He is the author of several books including China’s Coming War with Asia and Trapped Giant. He is a special advisor to the Vice-President of the European Commission, a Rockefeller Fellow of the Trilateral Commission, a member of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific, and a Nobel Fellow at the Nobel Institute in Oslo. He has appeared on CNN, the BBC, Bloomberg, CCTV and Al Jazeera, and written for newspapers such as the Financial Times and the Guardian.
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